Our this month's personality, Sardar Gurdial Singh Saggu is the person who has the credit to his name for being the first to deploy Gondola (Guns) on MIG Aircrafts in 1971 at 3rd Base Repair Depot A.F., during the Indo-Pak War.

   He was born on 14th November, 1924 at village Ubhewal, district Sangrur to Shrimati Aso Devi Channa and Sardar Ishar Singh. His father was engaged in the work of sappy. He passed his matriculation form Barjindra High School, Faridkot in 1940.

     Right from the childhood he had a technical bent of mind. After completing his education he worked in Oriental Science Apparatus workshop at Ambala Cantt. and started to manufacture laboratory appliances. Later on 14th April, 1944 he joined the Royal India Airforce at Lahore as AC2 in instrument trade. In 1967, he took volunteer retirement and left the Air Force. But his technical talent didn't allowed him to sit idle and he joined Hindustan Aeronautics Limited as chief supervisor on 2nd February, 1970.